Founder and chief executive of Nemeton TV Irial Mac Murchú, county secretary Pat Flynn, and vice-chairman Sean Michael O’Regan will also sit on the panel.

Cork’s CBC were impressive as they scored seven tries at Musgrave Park to reach the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup final.

Nobody in Charleville needed reminding about how fickle half-time scores can be.

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Support services group DCC paid out over €3m in performance-related bonuses to its top three executives last year, driving combined executive pay levels up from €8.54m to just under €11.5m. 

A Limerick man has been charged with the false imprisonment in recent weeks of his elderly father, in various parts of the country, and stealing savings and pension money to a total of €8,150.

A man, who was previously the victim of a kidnapping in which he was beaten with a hammer and held at gunpoint, has lodged an appeal against an 11-month jail sentence for a string of motoring offences.

National Bus and Rail Union general secretary Dermot O’Leary says his union will do its “damnedest” to retain rural services should it be forced into industrial action .

A Limerick man, who gardaí allege is a senior criminal figure, has appeared in court charged in connection with a high-speed chase over the weekend.

A memorial consisting of three standing stones will honour West Cork men who lost their lives in service during the First World War.

Even Dermot Weld, at least privately, must have found it highly amusing.

A man has appeared in court charged in connection with the robbery of an 85-year-old man in Limerick City last week.

A man who is alleged to have received a death threat from a person described as “head” of Limerick’s notorious McCarthy Dundon gang did not wish to proceed with a complaint he made to gardaí, a court has heard.

A man who allegedly received a death threat from the "head of the Dundon McCarthy" criminal gang told gardaí he did not wish to proceed with the matter, a court heard today.

The sun was a non-runner on a dank summer’s day in Ballybrit, but a colourful Mad Hatters competition lit up the final instalment of Galway Race Week.

Well after a glorious week, it finally came. Rain and in biblical proportions.

After a quarter of a century in the one of the hottest of racing’s hot seats, John Moloney, manager of the annual Galway extravaganza will oversee his last festival this week before folding his tent (no, not that tent!) and returning to normal life on his farm in Limerick.

Eoghan Cormican:

Listowel racecourse has won HRI approval for a €600,000 cash boost towards a major redevelopment of facilities at the North Kerry track.

Tote Ireland is to continue its sponsorship of the Galway Plate for a further three years until 2017.

The highlight of the Galway festival, strictly with the future in mind, was surely the display of Dermot Weld’s Forgotten Rules on the Friday night.

Galway Race Committee yesterday announced that Guinness has renewed its festival sponsorship for a further five years to the value of €1million.

DCC chief Tommy Breen is in line for his first salary increase in seven years, with his basic pay set to rise by over 2% in the group’s current financial year.

Glanbia’s new chief executive Siobhan Talbot saw her basic salary increase by 16%, last year, although her overall remuneration remained flat due to a lowering in her pension contribution and other benefits.

Glanbia says it expects the challenging trading conditions facing its Irish operations to continue, but noted that this should be offset by growth in its global business.

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A group of Cork’s hardiest business leaders toughed-out the rain and the cold to sleep rough in Cork City Gaol last night to raise up to €400,000 for homeless charity Focus Ireland.

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Succession was clearly a core element of the message being delivered by Glanbia at the unveiling of its half-year results yesterday in Dublin.

Financial analysts have responded favourably to Glanbia’s half-year results, which saw its revenue for the first half of the year rise by 13% to almost €1.68bn.

The food group Glanbia has today reported a rise in profits.

Brian Cody’s former selector and team-mate Noel Skehan expects the Kilkenny manager to be in charge for a 16th season next year.

Preparations for the Galway Festival, which begins on Monday week, July 29, are into their final stages but the recent spell of hot weather has put added pressure on the Ballybrit management, who have been working feverishly to ensure perfect going for the start of the seven-day meeting.

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